Woman's suit
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.90.3
- Description
- Woman's suit, c.1892. White linen with hand worked embroidery. High collar, long full sleeves, flared floor length skirt, puffed bodice front, long ties in bodice back. The high collar has point de gaze lace edging, and is covered in hand worked floral embroidery. Down the centre front of the bodice there are four tiny pin tucks. There is more floral embroidery on either side front, and a large tuck on either side of that covering the shoulder seams and angling slightly towards centre front. The tucks continue down the bodice back on the same way. On the top back of the bodice there are seven more tiny pin tucks on either side. Down the centre back there is an opening with five white pearl buttons. At the bodice back bottom there is some gathering covered with a long tie on each side. These may have been used to tie around the front, which would otherwise hang open around the waist. The sleeves have some volume, although they lack the large leg o' mutton cap. They are gathered at the cuff, which has a band of floral embroidery and is edged in point de gaze lace. The separate skirt has a grosgrain waistband and opens down the centre back with four snaps and a hook and eye at the top. There are five gores, with floral embroidery down the centre front. The dress is unlined, and the seams are finished with a whip-stitch.
- Object History
- This suit was worn by Bertha May Shaw in 1892, likely in Regina, Saskatchewan.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes